How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
FRANCOIS RABELAISIt is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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A crier of green sauce.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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